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- Baghdad-Erbil Ties Remain Frayed by Open Oil Wound
- US Plans to Cut Its Troop Presence in Syria by 50%
- US Could Finalize Mineral Agreement with Ukraine This Week
- Iran Summons Argentina’s Chargé d’affaires In Protest of Alleged False Accusations
- US Set to Supply Israel with Thousands More Bombs Amid Planned Gaza War Escalation
- Maldives Prohibits Israeli Nationals from Entering in Firm Support of Palestinians
- Leader: Indirect Oman Talks ‘Positive’ So Far, But Trust in The Other Side ‘Remains’ A Concern
- IRGC: Iran’s Military, Security Are Non-negotiable Red Lines
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US Plans to Cut Its Troop Presence in Syria by 50%
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Iran Summons Argentina’s Chargé d’affaires In Protest of Alleged False Accusations Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Argentina’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran to lodge a formal protest over recent accusations
US Set to Supply Israel with Thousands More Bombs Amid Planned Gaza War Escalation The United States has reportedly authorized a new delivery of thousands of heavy munitions to Israel
Maldives Prohibits Israeli Nationals from Entering in Firm Support of Palestinians the Maldives Parliament has passed legislation—ratified by President Mohamed Muizzu—banning Israeli citizens from entering the country
Leader: Indirect Oman Talks ‘Positive’ So Far, But Trust in The Other Side ‘Remains’ A Concern Ayatollah Khamenei stated that the indirect talks between Iran and the United States in Muscat have been well executed in their early stages
IRGC: Iran’s Military, Security Are Non-negotiable Red Lines A spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) stressed that Iran’s national security and defense capabilities are non-negotiable
Iraq Praises Iran’s Diplomatic Efforts Iraq’s foreign minister commended Iran for choosing dialogue and diplomacy to resolve issues related to its nuclear program
Iran Updates Saudi Arabia on US Negotiations The Iranian foreign minister informed his Saudi counterpart about the recent indirect talks between Iran and the US
Hamas Urges Action to End Israeli Gaza Blockade Hamas has sharply criticized Israel’s continued blockade of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip
Gaza Health Ministry Reports 39 Killed, 118 Injured in Past 24 Hours Over the past 24 hours, 39 Palestinians have been killed and 118 wounded in Gaza, bringing the death toll since October 2023 to 50,983
Iran Shares Details on Upcoming Round of Talks with the US Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, provided details about the upcoming round of talks between Tehran and Washington
IAEA Chief Set to Travel to Iran on April 16 An Iranian diplomat has announced that Rafael Grossi, Director General of the IAEA, is scheduled to visit Iran on Wednesday, April 16
Iraq Raises Alarm Over Renewed ISIS Threat in Syria Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has sounded the alarm over the growing activities of the ISIS Takfiri terrorist group
Iran Petroleum Minister Visits Iraq to Boost Energy Ties Iran’s Petroleum Minister, Mohsen Paknejad, has arrived in Baghdad to explore opportunities for enhancing energy cooperation
Supreme Leader Encourages Iran’s Military to Enhance Its Power Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, urged the Iranian Armed Forces to enhance their capabilities
US Airstrikes Hit Major Educational and Training Facility in Yemen The United States has launched a fresh series of airstrikes on Yemen’s al-Bayda province, along with Sa’ada and Hudaydah
Al-Ahli Blast: Final North Gaza Hospital Hit In a major assault, Israeli forces targeted al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City
Iran-US Dialogue: Next Meeting’s Location Yet to Be Finalized, Spokesman Says Consultations are underway to determine the venue for the next round of talks between Iran and the United States
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Baghdad-Erbil Ties Remain Frayed by Open Oil Wound
US Could Finalize Mineral Agreement with Ukraine This Week
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Iran Condemns Ongoing Israeli Attacks on Lebanon and Syria
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Yemeni Forces Launch New Retaliatory Strike on US Warships in Red Sea
Indirect Negotiations Between Iran and the US Take Place in Oman
Israel Engaged in Psychological Warfare Over Oman Talks
Russia Seeks Coordination with Iran on Regional and International Matters
Hamas: Netanyahu Fully Responsible for Gaza Ceasefire Failure
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance
Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
Wahhabism & Extremism
Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds
Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Interview
Ankara Closeness to Moscow: Permanent or Transient?
Tuesday 17 October 2017
Peninsula dispute and Turkey will not recognize annexation of the Crimea by Russia. On the other side, Russia grows concerns about the Turkic citizens' separatism in some of its autonomous republics like Tatarstan that provide proper pressing instruments for Ankara against Moscow.
The expert al ...
News
Bahrainis Demand Withdrawal of Saudi-Led Occupation Troops
Thursday 15 March 2018
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Peninsula Shield troops, composed of UAE and Saudi forces.
Participants in the Wednesday demonstrations called for the immediate withdrawal of these troops from the Sheikhdom, dubbing them occupation forces.
Bahraini activists published on social media pictures of the marches and protest activitie ...
Analysis
Bahraini Regime Propped up by Foreign Supports
Tuesday 9 October 2018
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Peninsula Shield Force, with a green light from their Western allies. The forces deployment blocked the success of the pro-democracy revolution but Al Khalifa rulers are still precarious, and reliance on the foreign help to resist in the face of still-active crises inevitably exists.
Economic crisi ...
Analysis
What’s Pompeo’s Secret Mission in Ukraine, Central Asia?
Tuesday 4 February 2020
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Peninsula and the insurgent-controlled Donbas in eastern Ukraine. The remarks are read by analysts as ones aimed to hearten Ukraine in the face of Russia, while over the past three years Trump has been accused by his European allies of showing no necessary seriousness in addressing Russian annexatio ...
Analysis
Bahrain: 9 Years Under Peninsula Shield’s Occupation
Thursday 19 March 2020
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Peninsula Shield Forces to back the Al Khalifa regime’s crackdown against the popular uprising. Thousands of foreign forces seized the important sites in the capital Manama as well as major streets there. Within a short time, they generated an atmosphere of horror among the protesting citizens ...
Analysis
How Is Bahrain Regime Exploiting Pandemic Situation Against Shiite Citizens?
Tuesday 7 April 2020
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Peninsula Shield— military units sent by Saudi Arabia and the UAE upon eruption of the demonstrations to quell the pro-democracy voices—, continues to promote a policy of demographic change to stabilize its largely volatile situation.
Since the Shiites in Bahrain are the majority, ...
Analysis
Riyadh Preparing for Normalization; From Manama to Religious Pulpits
Saturday 12 September 2020
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Alwaght- On Friday some of the sermons of Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, the Friday Prayer Imam of Masjid al-Haram, were devoted to the prophetic tradition of relations with the Jews, which resulted in provoking negative reactions on social media platforms. Alwaght- On Friday some of the sermons of Abdul R ...
Paper
What Does Turkey Seek Behind Closeness To Ukraine?
Friday 4 December 2020
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Peninsula.
Here a question presents itself: What do the two countries pursue by boosting their bilateral cooperation especially in the recent months? Their intention seems to have political and economic roots.
Deepening military and political coordination: a multi-level area of cooperation
Certai ...
Analysis
Saudi-Emirati Relations Outlook Under Biden
Wednesday 3 March 2021
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Peninsula Shield Force to assist a Saudi-led suppression of the Bahraini people's popular revolution against the ruling Al Khalifa regime. Abu Dhabi and Riyadh also stood together behind a military coup that toppled in 2013 Mohamad Morsi, the first democratically-elected president of Egypt, and ...
Analysis
Cooperation Council’s Joint Command Center, Security Loopholes Riddle
Sunday 28 November 2021
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Peninsula Shield Force.
In the past two decades, especially after 2011, the year the region went under fast-moving developments following a series of popular uprisings in the Arab countries, significant geopolitical developments have taken place in the geometry of power and regional coalitions, inc ...
